Bhubaneswar, November 11: Salipur court in Cuttack District on Wednesday sentenced Sayed Javed Ahmad alias Nilu (54) to two years of imprisonment for assaulting a government servant. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him, with an additional one month of imprisonment in default of payment.

Judge Laxmi Behera, Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), convicted Sayed Javed Ahmad under Sections 332 and 353 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for voluntarily causing hurt to and assaulting a public servant while discharging official duties.

The court ordered that all the sentences would run concurrently.

The case dates back to 2003 and was registered at Salipur Police Station in Cuttack district under Sections 294, 332, 353 and 506 of the IPC.

Assistant Public Prosecutors Bana Bihari Mohanty, Saroj Kumar Sahoo, Jayant Kumar Pradhan and Jayanti Priya Sethi conducted the prosecution and secured the conviction.

Advocate Prabin Kumar Kanoongo represented the accused during the trial.

Sayed Javed Ahmad alias Nilu (54) belongs to Rodhipur village under Salipur Police Limit, Cuttack